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Indians of Oregon C1860Native American Indians of Oregon (possibly Snake or Shoshone). Date: circa 1860
Snowdonia 1930SA fine view from the summit of Mount Snowdon, North Wales, 3560 feet above sea level. This view is looking southwards along the ridge of Bwlch-y-Maen to Moel Helbog. Date: 1930s
Trade catalogue for hunting trophies 1937Trade catalogue for Army and Navy Stores, showing a selection of hunting trophies including rhinoceros as a tobacco jar, elephants foot as a liqueur stand, deer slot mounted as a flower vase
Roger Smith, Bell-RingerROGER SMITH itinerant musician, bell- ringer with bells not only in his hands but on his head and his feet ! Date: CIRCA 1804
Mary Magdalen and StuffMARY MAGDALEN, holding a pot of spikenard (nardostachys jatamansi) with which, regardless of the expense, she proposes to anoint the feet of Jesus. Date: first century
Feet Washing CustomA crowd at the Holy Sepulcre in Jerusalem, Israel for the feet washing custom, traditionally held on Good Friday, when Jesus washed the feet of his twelve disciples. Date: early 1930s
Height measurement of LFB applicantAn LFB applicant has his height measured by a senior instructor, Station Officer Butt. The brigade minimum is 5 feet 7 inches in stockinged feet
We miss the patter of your fairy footsteps... A pair of dainty yet stylish ladys footwear from the Edwardian era Date: circa 1900s
That 16-inch sensation - Bairnsfather postcard" That 16-inch sensation" - Bairnsfather postcard. Bairnsfather was badly wounded by a shell burst in April 1915 and during his weeks of convalescence suffered recurring nightmares
Young boy admonished for fishin on the SabbathClergyman - " My Boy, do you know its wicked to fish on the Sabbath?" Youngster - " I isn t fishing; I m teachin this ere wurm ter swim." Date: 1895
Ostrich Feather Seller at Aden, Yemen. Date: 1892
A Gentleman of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Date: 1892
Mexican Ollas Seller - An olla is a ceramic jar, often unglazed, used for cooking stews or soups, for the storage of water or dry foods, or for other purposes. Date: circa 1910s
Cambodia - Water Buffalo and hanging elephants feetCambodia - A small settlement with Water Buffalo and a rack of hanging elephants feet - destined to become fashionable western furniture items - (see picture 10528268). Date: circa 1910s
Parqueuse or Oyster Gatherer, FranceA Parqueuse or Oyster Gatherer from the Bassin d Arcachon in south-west France. Her shoes may lack Parisian chic but are eminently practical for traversing the mudflats. Date: circa 1910s
The ornithopter flying fox design of Major R F Moore uThe ornithopter flying fox design of Major R.F. Moore under test. Each bat-pattern wing (7 feet span) was flapped on a test rig powered by a gas engine
Figure-of-eight described by trochoidal plane. Hargrave Slide 24. Section of a flying machine strut that has stood a crushing strain of 360 pounds
Surfacing lathe with 4 feet faceplate
Applying anti-corrosive composition - Queen ElizabethAfter the scaling of the plates a coat of the anti-corrosive composition was applied, so that the hull could be painted in the black and white of the Cunard White Star Line
Phalacrocorax punctatus, spotted shagFf. 103. Watercolour painting by George Porster (1773) annotated Pelecanus punctatus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Aythya nyroca, ferruginous duckPlate 21 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Phalacrocorax magellanicus, rock shagFf. 105. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Pelecanus magellanicus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Phalcrocorax carunculatus, rough-faced shagFf. 104. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Pelecanus carunculatus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Stercorarius parasiticus, parasitic jaegerPlate 272 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Uria aalge, guillemotPlate 218 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Anthya marila, greater scaupPlate 229 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Anser albifrons, greater white-fronted goosePlate 286 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Podiceps auritus, Slavonian grebePlate 259 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Puffinus gravis, great shearwaterPlate 283 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Xema sabini, Sabines gull, Calidris alba, sanderlingPlate 285 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Eudyptula minor, little penguinFf. 84. Wtarecolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Aptenodytes minor and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Egretta thula, snowy egretPlate 242 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Dendrocygna viduata, white-faced whistling duckFf. 76. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas viduata and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Anas superciliosa, Pacific black duck
Larus delawarensis, ring-billed gullPlate 212 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Phaethon lepturus, white-tailed tropicbirdPlate 262 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Larus glaucoides, Iceland gullPlate 282 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Aythya novaeseelandiae, New Zealand scaupFf. 79. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Anas atricilla and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Rissa tridactyla, black-legged kittiwakePlate 224 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Platanaster ordovicus, starfishThis echinoid dates from the Ordovician period. Starfish belong to the Echinoderm spiney skinned and were mostly bottom dwellers. They are also characterised by five-fold symmetry
Fulmarus glacialis, northern fulmarPlate 264 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Somateria spectabilis, king eiderPlate 276 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Rallus elegans, king railPlate 203 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Sterna dougallii, roseate ternPlate 240 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Aythya collaris, ring-necked duckPlate 234 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Rallus longirostris, clapper railPlate 204 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Fratercula artica, Atlantic puffinPlate 213 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London